Mexico Searches for Kidnapped Federal Agents Shown in Video

MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities are searching for two kidnapped organized crime law enforcement agents shown on an online video surrounded by masked gunmen, the attorney general's office said in a statement.

The video posted online this weekend shows the two agents, part of the attorney general's organized crime unit SEIDO, kneeling and with their hands tied.

One reads a script in which he blames top government officials for ordering arbitrary arrests, theft, the torture of suspects and raping of women and children. He also warns that more agents will be kidnapped.

The description of the video on YouTube says the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was behind the kidnapping, but Reuters was not able to confirm that.